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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Configure Netdisco For SSH Authentication (Christian Ramseyer)
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On 20.04.2025 03:02, John Woods wrote:
Hello,
I have a unique situation that I’m hoping Netdisco will work within.
I have SSH access */_only_/* to Cisco Catalyst switches. I would like to
use Netdisco to create simple topology maps via CDP and/or LLDP. I am
currently generating these manually with info pulled from CDP using
PowerShell. Not fun…
These devices are SNMP capable, but I */_cannot_/* query SNMP from my
subnet, I can use SSH */_only_/* for authentication.
Is Netdisco a viable option in my scenario? If so, what is the correct
way to configure deployment.yaml (and any other requirements) to use
Netdisco this way?
Netdisco is deeply relying on SNMP. The only thing it currently uses SSH
for is to gather some ARP or CAM tables, but all the topology bits and
various other things are SNMP only.
Could you make it work? Yes, by either inserting all your devices and
links as static records (look at pseudo devices), or by rewriting some
discovery commands to use SSH and show commands instead. But you would
have to put in some work.
I'd focus on getting SNMP access somehow.
But if you're really set on the non-SNMP route and just use the map with
PowerShell data, I'd play around with "Pseudo Devices" and "Manual
Device Toplogy" on the demo site, and see if you get that something that
you like better than what you have now. If so, you could add some
SQL/API calls to to your scripts to put the data into Netdisco nonetheless.
https://netdisco2-demo.herokuapp.com/admin/pseudodevice
https://netdisco2-demo.herokuapp.com/admin/topology
https://metacpan.org/pod/netdisco-do#addpseudodevice
https://github.com/netdisco/netdisco/wiki/API
Cheers
Christian
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